Kevin Swanson of Generations Radio was in rare form on his podcast yesterday. He decried the numerous Supreme Court decisions that have resulted in government-mandated prayer being barred from the public schools. That's to be expected. But Swanson went one step further. He actually encouraged Christian teachers and school administrators to disregard those decisions. His argument? Those decisions impose a "false religion" of humanism, and any educator who ignores them is obeying God's law. He also claims that the reason our country is going in the wrong direction is that several generations of kids haven't grown up with the fear of God. Listen here (warning, self-downloading MP3).

It's not news in and of itself for fundies to wring their hands and gnash their teeth over Engel v. Vitale and related decisions. After all, it's pretty much an article of faith among the fundie fringe that Sandy Hook happened because kids aren't forced to pray. But to my knowledge, this is the first time I've actually heard a fundie encourage teachers to defy the law. Swanson even admits that teachers who go down that route will likely be fired in short order. However, in his view, those who don't are part of the problem. His argument is that the fear of God is the beginning of all knowledge, and Christian teachers who don't teach the fear of God are dangerous to this country's future.

Swanson's co-host, Dave Buehner--the same guy who thinks gays should be treated the same as murderers--even went as far to suggest that a Christian teacher should encourage parents to pull their kids out of school if they aren't being taught the fear of God.

one of the local "schools" (of higher learning) has been [u]reported[/u] to be teaching some of their education students (in essence) "How to bring Jesus into the classroom and not catch the attention of the evil government". I heard it from a local maybe a couple of years ago. Considering this county, I wouldn't be surprised that what Swanson is calling for has been happening in some of the classrooms - and any reports hushed up.

That was the same "school" that I used to hang out at 30 plus years ago and had the "professors" pointed out to me that were teaching the ministry students how to steeplejack (I used to hang out with those students when I was a cult member and we'd discuss how to get into churches without raising suspicions and the best ways to start "turning them to Jesus").

From talking with a person I know who is a walkaway FROM THAT SCHOOL (the person had many civil rights violated while there), they were still doing the steeplejacking training (and worse) in the late 90s, and we've seen evidence that the sort of thing they were teaching when I hung out there is still going on. When I get the chance (and see that individual again), I'm going to ask about the rumor that they're training their education students to steeplejack the public schools.

Swanson is putting a public voice to the attitudes that are pretty much ubiquitous to the entire "church".

It's always been low profile, and I wonder if we're seeing a ramping up of the pressure and hostility because it's getting more and more into the open.

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